FIDE October 2006 Rating Lists
Topalov and Anand played zero non-rapid games in the last three months, which
left their ratings and the rating difference (34 points) unchanged. Kramnik
has made the jump back to his usual place in the top three, where he shares
the same rating with is good friend Peter Svidler.
Fifth is the always fluctuating Alexander Morozevich, just three points behind
the duo. Then comes the perennial Vassily Ivanchuk, while the Armenian star
Levon Aronian dropped from third to seventh after losing 20 points in a disastrous
showing in Dortmund.
Peter Leko gained three points but dropped from sixth to eighth place. Former
World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov shed 18 points and dropped to place 20.
It is remarkable to see Magnus Carlsen, who is 15, a hair's breadth shy of
2700. He can still become the youngest player in history to have crossed that
threshold. We are not sure, but Radjabov seems to hold the current record.
Maybe the incredible Norwegian has already set his eye on 2800? In any case
he is alone up there at rank 21, since his main rival Sergey Karjakin, 16,
is trailing by 26 points on place 35.
Top 100 players
Rank |
Name |
Title |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
B-Year |
1 |
Topalov,
Veselin |
g |
BUL |
2813 |
0 |
1975 |
2 |
Anand,
Viswanathan |
g |
IND |
2779 |
0 |
1969 |
3 |
Kramnik,
Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2750 |
7 |
1975 |
4 |
Svidler,
Peter |
g |
RUS |
2750 |
7 |
1976 |
5 |
Morozevich,
Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2747 |
10 |
1977 |
6 |
Ivanchuk,
Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2741 |
12 |
1969 |
7 |
Aronian,
Levon |
g |
ARM |
2741 |
7 |
1982 |
8 |
Leko,
Peter |
g |
HUN |
2741 |
7 |
1979 |
9 |
Adams,
Michael |
g |
ENG |
2735 |
18 |
1971 |
10 |
Gelfand,
Boris |
g |
ISR |
2733 |
11 |
1968 |
11 |
Radjabov,
Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2729 |
10 |
1987 |
12 |
Mamedyarov,
Shakhriyar |
g |
AZE |
2728 |
12 |
1985 |
13 |
Navara,
David |
g |
CZE |
2725 |
22 |
1985 |
14 |
Shirov,
Alexei |
g |
ESP |
2720 |
11 |
1972 |
15 |
Akopian,
Vladimir |
g |
ARM |
2713 |
0 |
1971 |
16 |
Polgar,
Judit |
g |
HUN |
2710 |
0 |
1976 |
17 |
Grischuk,
Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2710 |
11 |
1983 |
18 |
Bacrot,
Etienne |
g |
FRA |
2705 |
1 |
1983 |
19 |
Kamsky,
Gata |
g |
USA |
2705 |
9 |
1974 |
20 |
Ponomariov,
Ruslan |
g |
UKR |
2703 |
11 |
1983 |
21 |
Carlsen,
Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2698 |
46 |
1990 |
22 |
Nisipeanu,
Liviu-Dieter |
g |
ROM |
2690 |
11 |
1976 |
23 |
Rublevsky,
Sergei |
g |
RUS |
2688 |
11 |
1974 |
24 |
Bareev,
Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2683 |
0 |
1966 |
25 |
Malakhov,
Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2682 |
10 |
1980 |
26 |
Georgiev,
Kiril |
g |
BUL |
2680 |
10 |
1965 |
27 |
Tiviakov,
Sergei |
g |
NED |
2680 |
47 |
1973 |
28 |
Short,
Nigel D. |
g |
ENG |
2677 |
9 |
1965 |
29 |
Van
Wely, Loek |
g |
NED |
2676 |
15 |
1972 |
30 |
Naiditsch,
Arkadij |
g |
GER |
2676 |
8 |
1985 |
31 |
Sasikiran,
Krishnan |
g |
IND |
2675 |
0 |
1981 |
32 |
Harikrishna,
P. |
g |
IND |
2674 |
21 |
1986 |
33 |
Zvjaginsev,
Vadim |
g |
RUS |
2674 |
10 |
1976 |
34 |
Vallejo
Pons, Francisco |
g |
ESP |
2674 |
0 |
1982 |
35 |
Karjakin,
Sergey |
g |
UKR |
2672 |
21 |
1990 |
36 |
Kasimdzhanov,
Rustam |
g |
UZB |
2672 |
0 |
1979 |
37 |
Bu,
Xiangzhi |
g |
CHN |
2671 |
22 |
1985 |
38 |
Jakovenko,
Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2671 |
22 |
1983 |
39 |
Sokolov,
Ivan |
g |
NED |
2670 |
22 |
1968 |
40 |
Onischuk,
Alexander |
g |
USA |
2668 |
0 |
1975 |
41 |
Lautier,
Joel |
g |
FRA |
2667 |
3 |
1973 |
42 |
Sargissian,
Gabriel |
g |
ARM |
2667 |
0 |
1983 |
43 |
Almasi,
Zoltan |
g |
HUN |
2664 |
10 |
1976 |
44 |
Timofeev,
Artyom |
g |
RUS |
2662 |
12 |
1985 |
45 |
Motylev,
Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2662 |
0 |
1979 |
46 |
Bologan,
Viktor |
g |
MDA |
2659 |
11 |
1971 |
47 |
Smirin,
Ilia |
g |
ISR |
2659 |
0 |
1968 |
48 |
Eljanov,
Pavel |
g |
UKR |
2658 |
8 |
1983 |
49 |
Izoria,
Zviad |
g |
GEO |
2657 |
18 |
1984 |
50 |
Korneev,
Oleg |
g |
RUS |
2657 |
42 |
1969 |
51 |
Milov,
Vadim |
g |
SUI |
2657 |
18 |
1972 |
52 |
Dominguez,
Lenier |
g |
CUB |
2655 |
8 |
1983 |
53 |
Dreev,
Alexey |
g |
RUS |
2655 |
18 |
1969 |
54 |
Jobava,
Baadur |
g |
GEO |
2650 |
28 |
1983 |
55 |
Gurevich,
Mikhail |
g |
TUR |
2648 |
21 |
1959 |
56 |
Najer,
Evgeniy |
g |
RUS |
2648 |
27 |
1977 |
57 |
Bruzon,
Lazaro |
g |
CUB |
2648 |
18 |
1982 |
58 |
Krasenkow,
Michal |
g |
POL |
2647 |
18 |
1963 |
59 |
Granda
Zuniga, Julio E |
g |
PER |
2646 |
37 |
1967 |
60 |
Tkachiev,
Vladislav |
g |
FRA |
2645 |
0 |
1973 |
61 |
Volokitin,
Andrei |
g |
UKR |
2645 |
21 |
1986 |
62 |
Wang,
Yue |
g |
CHN |
2644 |
32 |
1987 |
63 |
Avrukh,
Boris |
g |
ISR |
2644 |
11 |
1978 |
64 |
Kobalia,
Mikhail |
g |
RUS |
2643 |
11 |
1978 |
65 |
Gashimov,
Vugar |
g |
AZE |
2643 |
33 |
1986 |
66 |
Sakaev,
Konstantin |
g |
RUS |
2641 |
0 |
1974 |
67 |
Nijboer,
Friso |
g |
NED |
2641 |
38 |
1965 |
68 |
Nielsen,
Peter Heine |
g |
DEN |
2640 |
0 |
1973 |
69 |
Areshchenko,
Alexander |
g |
UKR |
2640 |
28 |
1986 |
70 |
Nakamura,
Hikaru |
g |
USA |
2640 |
16 |
1987 |
71 |
Alekseev,
Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2639 |
22 |
1985 |
72 |
Beliavsky,
Alexander G |
g |
SLO |
2639 |
10 |
1953 |
73 |
Azmaiparashvili,
Zurab |
g |
GEO |
2638 |
14 |
1960 |
74 |
Miton,
Kamil |
g |
POL |
2638 |
0 |
1984 |
75 |
Seirawan,
Yasser |
g |
USA |
2638 |
0 |
1960 |
76 |
Movsesian,
Sergei |
g |
SVK |
2637 |
0 |
1978 |
77 |
Zhang,
Pengxiang |
g |
CHN |
2636 |
22 |
1980 |
78 |
Afromeev,
Vladimir |
f |
RUS |
2635 |
30 |
1954 |
79 |
Lputian,
Smbat G |
g |
ARM |
2634 |
0 |
1958 |
80 |
Asrian,
Karen |
g |
ARM |
2634 |
12 |
1980 |
81 |
Moiseenko,
Alexander |
g |
UKR |
2632 |
13 |
1980 |
82 |
Riazantsev,
Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2632 |
8 |
1985 |
83 |
Cheparinov,
Ivan |
g |
BUL |
2632 |
0 |
1986 |
84 |
Wojtaszek,
Radoslaw |
g |
POL |
2630 |
18 |
1987 |
85 |
Socko,
Bartosz |
g |
POL |
2630 |
28 |
1978 |
86 |
Delchev,
Aleksander |
g |
BUL |
2628 |
30 |
1971 |
87 |
Fressinet,
Laurent |
g |
FRA |
2628 |
29 |
1981 |
88 |
Inarkiev,
Ernesto |
g |
RUS |
2628 |
8 |
1985 |
89 |
Volkov,
Sergey |
g |
RUS |
2628 |
0 |
1974 |
90 |
Miroshnichenko,
Evgenij |
g |
UKR |
2626 |
22 |
1978 |
91 |
Nikolic,
Predrag |
g |
BIH |
2626 |
0 |
1960 |
92 |
Smirnov,
Pavel |
g |
RUS |
2623 |
9 |
1982 |
93 |
Wang,
Hao |
g |
CHN |
2622 |
27 |
1989 |
94 |
Baklan,
Vladimir |
g |
UKR |
2622 |
40 |
1978 |
95 |
Khalifman,
Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2622 |
0 |
1966 |
96 |
Macieja,
Bartlomiej |
g |
POL |
2622 |
15 |
1977 |
97 |
Ni,
Hua |
g |
CHN |
2621 |
22 |
1983 |
98 |
Hansen,
Curt |
g |
DEN |
2621 |
9 |
1964 |
99 |
Illescas
Cordoba, Miguel |
g |
ESP |
2620 |
0 |
1965 |
100 |
Khenkin,
Igor |
g |
GER |
2620 |
35 |
1968 |
Top 50 women
In the women's section Judit Polgar once again towers over all other female
players, 165 points above India's Koneru Humpy. She is followed by Alexander
Kosteniuk and Pia Kramling. All four are male GMs.
Rank |
Name |
Title |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
B-Year |
1 |
Polgar,
Judit |
g |
HUN |
2710 |
0 |
1976 |
2 |
Koneru,
Humpy |
g |
IND |
2545 |
0 |
1987 |
3 |
Kosteniuk,
Alexandra |
g |
RUS |
2534 |
0 |
1984 |
4 |
Cramling,
Pia |
g |
SWE |
2528 |
24 |
1963 |
5 |
Xu,
Yuhua |
wg |
CHN |
2517 |
0 |
1976 |
6 |
Chiburdanidze,
Maia |
g |
GEO |
2504 |
11 |
1961 |
7 |
Zhu,
Chen |
g |
QAT |
2501 |
18 |
1976 |
8 |
Kosintseva,
Nadezhda |
m |
RUS |
2493 |
19 |
1985 |
9 |
Stefanova,
Antoaneta |
g |
BUL |
2489 |
28 |
1979 |
10 |
Hou,
Yifan |
wf |
CHN |
2481 |
19 |
1994 |
11 |
Socko,
Monika |
m |
POL |
2473 |
20 |
1978 |
12 |
Sebag,
Marie |
m |
FRA |
2471 |
15 |
1986 |
13 |
Galliamova,
Alisa |
m |
RUS |
2470 |
0 |
1972 |
14 |
Hoang
Thanh Trang |
m |
HUN |
2470 |
0 |
1980 |
15 |
Cmilyte,
Viktorija |
m |
LTU |
2469 |
9 |
1983 |
16 |
Dembo,
Yelena |
m |
GRE |
2468 |
18 |
1983 |
17 |
Mkrtchian,
Lilit |
m |
ARM |
2468 |
11 |
1982 |
18 |
Shen,
Yang |
wg |
CHN |
2468 |
10 |
1989 |
19 |
Zhao,
Xue |
wg |
CHN |
2467 |
15 |
1985 |
20 |
Qin,
Kanying |
wg |
CHN |
2465 |
0 |
1974 |
21 |
Lahno,
Kateryna |
m |
UKR |
2459 |
18 |
1989 |
22 |
Kosintseva,
Tatiana |
m |
RUS |
2458 |
19 |
1986 |
23 |
Zhukova,
Natalia |
wg |
UKR |
2456 |
0 |
1979 |
24 |
Muzychuk,
Anna |
wg |
SLO |
2452 |
20 |
1990 |
25 |
Paehtz,
Elisabeth |
m |
GER |
2449 |
6 |
1985 |
26 |
Zatonskih,
Anna |
wg |
USA |
2449 |
26 |
1978 |
27 |
Gaponenko,
Inna |
m |
UKR |
2448 |
46 |
1976 |
28 |
Arakhamia-Grant,
Ketevan |
m |
GEO |
2446 |
11 |
1968 |
29 |
Krush,
Irina |
m |
USA |
2443 |
6 |
1983 |
30 |
Ciuksyte,
Dagne |
m |
LTU |
2440 |
0 |
1977 |
31 |
Hunt,
Harriet |
m |
ENG |
2439 |
0 |
1978 |
32 |
Peng,
Zhaoqin |
g |
NED |
2437 |
9 |
1968 |
33 |
Korbut,
Ekaterina |
wg |
RUS |
2435 |
18 |
1985 |
34 |
Kovalevskaya,
Ekaterina |
m |
RUS |
2434 |
10 |
1974 |
35 |
Rajlich,
Iweta |
m |
POL |
2432 |
11 |
1981 |
36 |
Dzagnidze,
Nana |
m |
GEO |
2432 |
15 |
1987 |
37 |
Ushenina,
Anna |
wg |
UKR |
2429 |
18 |
1985 |
38 |
Lujan,
Carolina |
wg |
ARG |
2429 |
50 |
1985 |
39 |
Peptan,
Corina-Isabela |
m |
ROM |
2428 |
9 |
1978 |
40 |
Skripchenko,
Almira |
m |
FRA |
2427 |
21 |
1976 |
41 |
Danielian,
Elina |
m |
ARM |
2426 |
11 |
1978 |
42 |
Vijayalakshmi,
Subbaraman |
m |
IND |
2424 |
43 |
1979 |
43 |
Pogonina,
Natalija |
wg |
RUS |
2421 |
9 |
1985 |
44 |
Khurtsidze,
Nino |
m |
GEO |
2419 |
2 |
1975 |
45 |
Javakhishvili,
Lela |
m |
GEO |
2416 |
22 |
1984 |
46 |
Tairova,
Elena |
wg |
RUS |
2415 |
19 |
1991 |
47 |
Matveeva,
Svetlana |
m |
RUS |
2415 |
19 |
1969 |
48 |
Jackova,
Jana |
m |
CZE |
2414 |
4 |
1982 |
49 |
Ovod,
Evgenija |
m |
RUS |
2407 |
25 |
1982 |
50 |
Goletiani,
Rusudan |
wg |
USA |
2403 |
9 |
1980 |
51 |
Huang,
Qian |
wm |
CHN |
2403 |
10 |
1986 |
Top 20 Juniors
The regular leader in this list, 19-year-old Teimour Radjabov, is still in
the lead, but slowly being pressed by Magnificent Magnus Carlsen. Behind him
Pentala Harikrishna, 20, and Sergey Karjakin, 16, also bear watching.
Rank |
Name |
Title |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
B-Year |
1 |
Radjabov,
Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2729 |
10 |
1987 |
2 |
Carlsen,
Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2698 |
46 |
1990 |
3 |
Harikrishna,
P. |
g |
IND |
2674 |
21 |
1986 |
4 |
Karjakin,
Sergey |
g |
UKR |
2672 |
21 |
1990 |
5 |
Volokitin,
Andrei |
g |
UKR |
2645 |
21 |
1986 |
6 |
Wang,
Yue |
g |
CHN |
2644 |
32 |
1987 |
7 |
Gashimov,
Vugar |
g |
AZE |
2643 |
33 |
1986 |
8 |
Areshchenko,
Alexander |
g |
UKR |
2640 |
28 |
1986 |
9 |
Nakamura,
Hikaru |
g |
USA |
2640 |
16 |
1987 |
10 |
Cheparinov,
Ivan |
g |
BUL |
2632 |
0 |
1986 |
11 |
Wojtaszek,
Radoslaw |
g |
POL |
2630 |
18 |
1987 |
12 |
Wang,
Hao |
g |
CHN |
2622 |
27 |
1989 |
13 |
Balogh,
Csaba |
g |
HUN |
2616 |
9 |
1987 |
14 |
Laznicka,
Viktor |
g |
CZE |
2596 |
18 |
1988 |
15 |
Pantsulaia,
Levan |
g |
GEO |
2596 |
15 |
1986 |
16 |
Vitiugov,
Nikita |
m |
RUS |
2596 |
29 |
1987 |
17 |
Tomashevsky,
Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2595 |
18 |
1987 |
18 |
Predojevic,
Borki |
g |
BIH |
2590 |
16 |
1987 |
19 |
Baramidze,
David |
g |
GER |
2585 |
18 |
1988 |
20 |
Guseinov,
Gadir |
g |
AZE |
2585 |
11 |
1986 |
Top 20 girls
Koneru Humpy, 19, leads – naturally. But watch the girl in second place!
Hou Yifan is just 12 years old, and will stay 12 for one more rating list.
Places 3–7 are occupied by a group of very talented young ladies.
Rank |
Name |
Title |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
B-Year |
1 |
Koneru,
Humpy |
g |
IND |
2545 |
0 |
1987 |
2 |
Hou,
Yifan |
wf |
CHN |
2481 |
19 |
1994 |
3 |
Sebag,
Marie |
m |
FRA |
2471 |
15 |
1986 |
4 |
Shen,
Yang |
wg |
CHN |
2468 |
10 |
1989 |
5 |
Lahno,
Kateryna |
m |
UKR |
2459 |
18 |
1989 |
6 |
Kosintseva,
Tatiana |
m |
RUS |
2458 |
19 |
1986 |
7 |
Muzychuk,
Anna |
wg |
SLO |
2452 |
20 |
1990 |
8 |
Dzagnidze,
Nana |
m |
GEO |
2432 |
15 |
1987 |
9 |
Tairova,
Elena |
wg |
RUS |
2415 |
19 |
1991 |
10 |
Huang,
Qian |
wm |
CHN |
2403 |
10 |
1986 |
11 |
Melia,
Salome |
wg |
GEO |
2395 |
32 |
1987 |
12 |
Gunina,
Valentina |
wf |
RUS |
2392 |
9 |
1989 |
13 |
Mongontuul,
Bathuyag |
wg |
MGL |
2383 |
0 |
1987 |
14 |
Tania,
Sachdev |
wg |
IND |
2383 |
48 |
1986 |
15 |
Ruan,
Lufei |
|
CHN |
2370 |
0 |
1987 |
16 |
Arutyunova,
Diana |
wg |
UKR |
2362 |
14 |
1988 |
17 |
Harika,
Dronavalli |
wg |
IND |
2353 |
17 |
1991 |
18 |
Zawadzka,
Jolanta |
wg |
POL |
2353 |
18 |
1987 |
19 |
Nebolsina,
Vera |
wm |
RUS |
2349 |
25 |
1989 |
20 |
Batsiashvili,
Nino |
wm |
GEO |
2347 |
11 |
1987 |
All data by courtesy of FIDE (http://www.fide.com).